Official Topic Post for discussion about Valis III (Mega Drive)
Created 25 Feb, 2018 01:24 by Salsa


1. Valis III (USA).md
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Valis III (1991-06)(Renovation)(US).bin
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2. Valis 3 [Rus].bin
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Proposing a rescore to fix the incorrect values and to change cheevos that reflect the scale and scope of the difficulty of the game.
I Need That Sword (1) 5 -> 1
Act 1 - 2 (3) 5 -> 3
Turn Up the Heat (2) 5 -> 3
Leading the Charge (3) 5 -> 3
By the Power of Dreamland, I Have the Power! (3) 5 -> 3
Garther (5) 20 -> 10
Act 2 - 1 (4) 10 -> 5
Cham (5) 15 -> 5
Magical Me (3) 5 -> 3
Ice to See You (2) 5 -> 3
Positively Shocking (2) 5 -> 3
Dragon (Yuko) (5) 20 -> 10
Act 3 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Valna (5) 15 -> 5
Kolilanba (5) 20 -> 10
Act 4 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Nilvarn Road (5) 20 -> 10
Valis are Been Released (10) 20 -> 5
Act 5 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Act 6 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Zalude (10) 20 -> 10
Asura (10) 20 -> 10
Act 7 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Glames (10) 20 -> 10
The End (25) 50 -> 25

Edit: Changed this post for my plan since the set is rescored now.

Minor revision plan: Remove all duplicates achievements that triggers for the same event in under 10 seconds without any effort

Demote I Need That Sword (1) unlocks at the same time as Act 1 - 2 (3) this sword is auto obtained once you reach at stage 1-2

Demote Act 2 - 1 (4) and Cham (5) both unlocks at the same time as Garther (5) Cham is auto recruited once you reach at stage in 2-1

Demote Act 3 - 1 (5) unlocks at the same time as Dragon (Yuko) (5)

Demote Valna (5) unlocks at the same time as Valna's Tower III (Yuko) (5) Valna also is auto recruited once you reach at stage 3-4

Demote Act 4 - 1 (5) unlocks at the same time as Kolilanba (5)

Demote Valis are Been Released (10) and Act 5 - 1 (5) both unlocks at the same time as Nilvarn Road (5) this sword is auto upgraded once you reach at stage in 5-1

Demote Act 6 - 1 (5) unlocks at the same time as Zalude (10)

Demote Act 7 - 1 (5) unlocks at the same time as Asura (10)

Demote The End (25) unlocks at the same time as Glames (10)

Remember that this set is progression only, and the game has infinite continues, so it still free points and can be useful for Leapfrog. This game also take 60 minutes for finish even watching all cutscenes and dying several times

Rescored:
Old Score: 390 -> New Score: 200
I Need That Sword (1) 5 -> 1
Act 1 - 2 (3) 5 -> 3
Turn Up the Heat (2) 5 -> 2
Leading the Charge (3) 5 -> 2
By the Power of Dreamland, I Have the Power! (3) 5 -> 2
Garther (5) 20 -> 5
Act 2 - 1 (4) 10 -> 4
Cham (5) 15 -> 5
Magical Me (3) 5 -> 4
Ice to See You (2) 5 -> 4
Positively Shocking (2) 5 -> 4
Forest (5) 5 -> 4
Dragon (Yuko) (5) 20 -> 5
Act 3 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Valna (5) 15 -> 5
Kolilanba (5) 20 -> 5
Act 4 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Nilvarn Road (5) 20 -> 10
Valis are Been Released (10) 20 -> 10
Act 5 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Act 6 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Zalude (10) 20 -> 10
Asura (10) 20 -> 10
Act 7 - 1 (5) 10 -> 5
Glames (10) 20 -> 10
The End (25) 50 -> 25

The duplicate achievements really need to be scrapped. The nerfing should reflect this until someone cleans the set up a bit.

Today playing this game, the achievements of level 7 were not counted, but when defeating the last boss "Glames" his achievement counted, can someone help me?

Yeah, Level 6 and 7 achievements are broken. Gonna have to submit manual unlocks

I'm proposing a revision for this set, since it's... kind of a mess at the moment. For one, since this set is primarily progression-only, I plan to add more achievements including:
- Finishing sections of the game without losing any lives.
- Finishing sections of the game without using any magic.
- Finishing sections of the game as specific characters. Specifically, the part of Act 2 where you must choose between Yuko or Cham.
- Finishing the whole game without continuing.

Other changes include:
- Demoting Act 1 - 2 (3). The only playable section leading up to this point has no enemies, platforming, or anything other than walking to the right.
- Progression achievements will be disabled if the player uses the level-select cheat. Other achievements (completing acts without dying/using magic) will allow this cheat, if a player starts from a certain point or earlier.
- Fixing achievement names/descriptions. Descriptions of progression achievements should read "Beat Act X" instead of "Reach Act Y". Some others are in broken English and/or do not use official character or place names, i.e., "Defeat Lord the fire".
- Replacing the badges. The current ones are blurry and some are in distorted aspect ratios. Two different versions of my new badges are currently up for voting on Discord.
- Adding a Rich Presence script.

Edited my previous post, since the no-damage boss clear achievements weren't too popular with the folks on Discord. In their place, I was thinking of replacing them with completing sections of the game without switching characters, or playing only as certain ones. The problems with that are 1) it's easy to accidentally switch characters, since that command (Left/Right + A) is so similar to the one for sliding (Down + A), and 2) if the player starts one of these sections as the wrong character, there may need to be a grace period to let them do so (i.e., before the camera moves from its initial position).